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Louisiana

Thursday, August 11, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Louisiana $349,658 438,166
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 2.5 3.9

 

Commodities Originating in Louisiana

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 25.4
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 13.5
20 Basic chemicals 11.5
19 Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified 9.1
24 Plastics and rubber 4.9
All other commodities 35.6
Total 100

Commodities Originating in Louisiana

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 21.8
20 Basic chemicals 14.1
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 12.8
19 Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified 11.3
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 6.6
All other commodities 33.4
Total 100

 

Shipments Originating from Louisiana

Destination % of Value
Louisiana 55.8
Texas 12.9
Mississippi 5.3
Florida 4.2
Georgia 2.1
Alabama 1.7
All other states 18
Total 100

Shipments Originating from Louisiana

Destination % of Weight
Louisiana 60.2
Texas 11
Mississippi 5.1
Florida 3.5
Georgia 2.5
Illinois 1.8
All other states 15.9
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Louisiana

Origin % of Value
Louisiana 50.8
Texas 10.2
Tennessee 3.9
Mississippi 3.6
Illinois 3.4
Alabama 2.1
All other states 26
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Louisiana

Origin % of Weight
Louisiana 65.7
Illinois 4.7
Texas 4.3
Kentucky 3.3
Wyoming 2.7
Mississippi 2.6
All other states 16.7
Total 100

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

Mode % of Value
Truck 32.8
Air (includes truck and air) 0.3
Rail 10.3
Water 29.5
Pipeline1 22
Multiple modes2 5.1
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 1.9
Other modes -
Total3 100

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

Mode % of Weight
Truck 26.9
Air (includes truck and air) Z
Rail 10.9
Water 39.4
Pipeline1 20.4
Multiple modes2 2.3
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier Z
Other modes -
Total3 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 44.5
50 to 99 10.3
100 to 249 14.9
250 to 499 9.1
500 to 749 8.8
750 to 999 7.4
1,000 to 1,499 3.5
1,500 to 1,999 1.3
2,000 or more 0.1
Total 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 50.8
50 to 99 9.8
100 to 249 12.7
250 to 499 7.9
500 to 749 8.4
750 to 999 6.7
1,000 to 1,499 2.8
1,500 to 1,999 0.8
2,000 or more S
Total 100

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.1
31-33 Manufacturing 74.6
42 Wholesale trade 21
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.3
45431 Fuel dealers Z
49314 Warehousing and storage 2
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.1
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 2
Total 100

Industry for Shipments Originating in Louisiana

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 3.6
31-33 Manufacturing 72.8
42 Wholesale trade 19.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses Z
45431 Fuel dealers Z
49314 Warehousing and storage 0.6
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers Z
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 3.2
Total 100

S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.

Z Less than half the unit shown. Represents an estimate that is between zero and half the unit shown, thus, has rounded to zero.

- Represents a data cell equal to zero.

1 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

2 Multiple modes inlcudes Parcel, U.S.P.S, or courier, Truck-Rail, Truck-Water, Rail-Water, and Other multiple modes.

3 The total percent for mode of transportation is the sum of Truck, Air, Rail, Water, Pipeline, Multiple modes, and Other modes. The Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier percentage is included in the Multiple modes percentage.

4 For tabulation and publication purposes, NAICS 484 is grouped with NAICS 4931.

07-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel were included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

08-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, alcohols intended for use as fuel such as ethanol, although not specifically identified, were included in SCTG 08. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol moved to SCTG 17.

17-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, fuel alcohols such as ethanol were included in SCTG 08, although not specifically identified. Also, kerosene was included in SCTG 19. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol, fuel alcohols, and kerosene moved to SCTG 17.

18-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, biodiesel, although not specifically identified, was included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

* Please note that due to rounding, estimates may not total exactly to 100.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2012 Commodity Flow Survey data, December 2014.